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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly composer Ennio Morricone dies aged 91

He composed the famous coyote-howl theme for the iconic film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”.

06/07/2020

Italy

Stranded Ocean Viking migrants still waiting to disembark in Sicily

Most of them have been at sea for more than a week.

05/07/2020

Italy

'We are ready': Salvini calls for election in anti-government protest

The anti-government rally was joined by League's allies Brothers of Italy and Forza Italia.

04/07/2020

Italy

'World's largest seizure': Italy finds haul of ISIS-made amphetamines

The haul is worth about €1 billion and came in the form of 84 million Captagon tablets

01/07/2020

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Entangled sperm whale liberated from fishing net by Italian Coastguard

A ten-metre-long male sperm whale, which was entangled in fishing nets, has been freed by the Italian coast guard in the Mediterranean Sea. The illegal fishing net had prevented the whale from moving its tail fin.

29/06/2020

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Migrant rescue ships facing new challenges amid COVID-19 pandemic

Vessels have been forced to introduce radical changes in a bid to contain the virus among those rescued at sea.

25/06/2020

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Italy care home negligence probe: 18 bodies ordered to be exhumed

Prosecutors are investigating how Italy’s care homes handled the coronavirus crisis, just as new clusters of infection break out across the country.

24/06/2020

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Rope-climbing workers help restore Rome landmark

They climbed the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Altar of Heaven to renovate its wooden roof beams after rain and wind damage.

24/06/2020

Italy

Migrant rescue ships return to the Mediterranean after lockdown

As they return to the seas for the first time since April, rescue ship operators say migrants fleeing Libya's humanitarian crisis are undeterred by Europe's coronavirus outbreak

23/06/2020

Italy

Could COVID-19 change Rome’s economic reliance on tourism?

For years the Italian capital economy has relied on tourism - a sector eviscerated by the coronavirus pandemic. Some locals in Trastevere think it’s time for a rethink.

22/06/2020

Italy

Paralympic champion and former F1 driver "stable" after crash

The condition of Alex Zanardi remains "serious". He underwent brain surgery following a crash with a lorry on Friday.

20/06/2020

Italy

COVID-19 may have been present in Italy as early as December 2019

An Italian National Institute of Health study has found that traces of coronavirus were present in wastewater samples from December 2019 in Turin and Milan.

19/06/2020

Italy

Milan won't remove statue of journalist who had Eritrean child bride

Black Lives Matters protesters in Italy have targetted the statue of the late Indro Montanelli.

15/06/2020

Italy

Italian farmers pay for workers' flights

Farmers in Italy have been paying for seasonal workers to return from abroad to harvest crops or risk bankruptcy

14/06/2020

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Statue of famous Italian journalist vandalised in Milan

Indro Montanelli, who died in 2001, acknowledged having had a 12-year-old Eritrean bride while stationed in the Italian colony in the 1930s.

14/06/2020

Italy

Coronavirus: Tourists back in Venice for Doge's Palace reopening

Souvenir shops and restaurants have largely reopened and the tourists are back on the gondolas, but authorities call for a more sustainable tourism model.

13/06/2020

Italy

COVID-19: Italy prosecutors question PM Conte over lockdown 'delay'

Families of COVID-19 victims claim business concerns delayed lockdowns being imposed on two Lombardy towns.

12/06/2020

Italy

Banksy artwork stolen from Bataclan found in Italy

The image of a girl in mourning had been painted on one of the exits of the Paris concert hall to commemorate the victims of the November 2015 terror attacks.

11/06/2020

Italy

Entire ancient Roman town mapped out by radar technology

Researchers think the new technique could revolutionize the study of ancient settlements.

09/06/2020

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Italian tour guides protest lack of economic support

Tour guides in Rome organised a flash mob in front of the Pantheon and a sit-in outside the Italian Parliament on Tuesday, in protest at what they see as a lack of government support for the tourism sector.

09/06/2020

Italy

Italy reopens borders - but will tourists travel there?

Italy reopened its borders to European travellers on Wednesday, as the country attempts to rescue its tourist industry.

03/06/2020

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Rome's famous Colosseum reopens to visitors after three month lockdown

Just a few hundred people were expected at Italy's top tourism site.

01/06/2020

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Italy's archaeological site Pompeii reopens - but with restrictions

There were strict measures in place including temperature checks, one-way paths and spaced-out circles to keep people in queues apart.

26/05/2020

Italy

Euroviews. In Italy and further afield, pollution and poverty have played a part in worsening COVID-19 ǀ View

There are important clues in the patterns the disease is leaving that tell us quite a bit about what conditions can hasten its spread and worsen its lethality. So far, the areas where the most people are dying of the disease have been densely populated urban zones in China, Iran and northern Italy.

26/05/2020

Italy

Archaeological World Heritage site in Italy welcomes back visitors

Paestum becomes the first of Italy’s famous archaeological sites to reopen following the pandemic lockdown

23/05/2020

Italy

Mayors angry over lack of social distancing after lockdown eased

Mayors in some of Italy's worst-hit COVID-19 regions have hit out over people not respecting social distancing now that lockdown has been eased

22/05/2020